The Impact of Microinsurance on Household Asset Accumulation in Ghana: An Asset Index Approach

This paper examines the link between microinsurance services and households' asset accumulation in Ghana. Using FINSCOPE data from the nation-wide household surveys conducted by FinMark Trust, we created a household asset index using the multiple correspondence analysis approach. We employed th...

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Volume:	39
Main Author:	Joseph Oscar Akotey Charles Adjasi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	BASINGSTOKE Palgrave Macmillan 01.04.2014 PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD Palgrave Macmillan, a Division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd
published in:	Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 304 - 321
Data of publication:	20140401
ISSN:	1018-5895 1468-0440
EISSN:	1468-0440
Discipline:	Economics Business
Subjects:	Public assistance programs Mills ratio Health insurance Insurance policies Insurance premiums Poverty Financial risk Selection bias Sampling methods Credit insurance Business & Economics Business, Finance Social Sciences Economic aspects Microfinance Insurance Low income groups Studies Households Welfare Assets Insurance coverage Ghana HEALTH-INSURANCE RURAL CHINA POVERTY SERVICES asset accumulation Ghana households TRENDS ACCESS microinsurance
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